PNB's Gorgeous Trailer for Upcoming New Works

I fell in love with the contemporary dance piece Cylindrical Shadows long before it was finished. Choreographed by Colombian/Belgian Annabelle Lopez Ochoa, it debuted in Seattle at a Whim W'Him show in January 2011. Several weeks before the show (maybe months even), artistic director and dancer at Whim W'Him Olivier Wevers invited me to sit in on a rehearsal at PNB's rehearsal studios, where Ochoa was still sketching out the piece with the help of both Whim W'Him and PNB dancers. She hadn't even picked a title yet.

Inspired to create the piece after a close friend died unexpectedly at age 33, Lopez translates remarkably strong emotions of loss and love into subtle strokes that brought me to tears as I watched. As a work in progress, it stunned. I can't wait to see how its developed since.